Amadis ma guerrero autobiography for kids

Children of the City
By: Amadis Ma. Guerrero

Theme:

The story focuses on the events that happen in Victor’s life. At a young age, he loses his father, is left by his mother, and has to work as a newsboy to be able to survive. The central theme of the story- in my opinion- is how the world is unjust and cruel to everyone. There are a few parts wherein Victor finally saw a tether of hope (In the part where he was given two pesos by a sailor), but was quickly robbed of that joy and was replaced with darkness, which lead me to the thought that in reality, there is no mercy held for us. It depicts the realities of millions of people who are suffering, and implies to the readers that the world bows to no one. Another theme of the book is poverty and social injustice, which even in this generation today, still hasn’t been solved. It’s a never-ending cycle of being born poor and dying poor. The story also shows how people in the lower class were and are still taking advantage of (as seen in the strikes of the workers who are fighting for their rights) and how even in their hardest attempts, the people higher than them, or the government, will always find a way to undermine them and put them back in their place (as seen in the part where six-by-six trucks run over the workers